This week in Australian foreign affairs: Wong announces humanitarian assistance for Myanmar; ADF completes Operation Solania in the Republic of the Marshall Islands; trilateral AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025 released, and more.

Conflict-related sexual violence is increasingly used strategically by armed groups to oppress and displace enemy populations, eroding international norms. Australia's diplomatic leadership is essential to combat this violence and restore justice, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.

As the Middle East braces for another escalation of conflict, Tehran finds itself cornered by Donald Trump’s coercive diplomacy, facing the stark choice between strategic concession or regional confrontation.